Isaiah 3:17

Isaiah 3:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.
• English Standard Version (ESV)therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the Lord will strike with a scab The crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, And the Lord will uncover their secret parts.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)So the Lord will send scabs on her head; the Lord will make beautiful Zion bald.”

Context of Isaiah 3:17

15What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty. 16The Lord says, “The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, strutting along with swaying hips, with ornaments jingling on their ankles. Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the Lord will make their scalps bald.” 18In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, 19the earrings and bracelets and veils,

Isaiah 3:17 word by word

וְשִׂפַּ֣ח אֲדֹנָ֔י קָדְקֹ֖ד בְּנ֣וֹת צִיּ֑וֹן וַיהוָ֖ה פָּתְהֵ֥ן יְעָרֶֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• will smite with a scabשִׂפַּחsâphach ώâphach · cause a scab uponH5596
• the crown of the headקׇדְקֹדqodqôd · crownH6936
• of the daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• and the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will discoverעָרָה‛ârâh · to uncoverH6168
• their secret partsפֹּתpôth pôthâh · hingeH6596

Cross-references for Isaiah 3:17

• Leviticus 13:20The priest is to examine it, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce that person unclean. It is a defiling skin disease that has broken out where the boil was.
• Deuteronomy 28:27The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.
• Revelation 16:2The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
• Isaiah 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared—to Egypt’s shame.
• Isaiah 47:2Take millstones and grind flour; take off your veil. Lift up your skirts, bare your legs, and wade through the streams.
• Jeremiah 13:22And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?”— it is because of your many sins that your skirts have been torn off and your body mistreated.
• Ezekiel 16:36This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your naked body in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children’s blood,
• Ezekiel 23:25I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and your ears, and those of you who are left will fall by the sword. They will take away your sons and daughters, and those of you who are left will be consumed by fire.
• Micah 1:11Pass by naked and in shame, you who live in Shaphir. Those who live in Zaanan will not come out. Beth Ezel is in mourning; it no longer protects you.
• Nahum 3:5“I am against you,” declares the Lord Almighty. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness and the kingdoms your shame.

Commentaries on Isaiah 3:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The Lord will smite "Will the Lord humble" - , Septuagint; and so Syriac and Chaldee. For שפח sippach they read שפל shaphal . Instead of יהוה Yehovah, many MSS. have אדני Adonai . Will discover their secret parts "Expose their nakedness" - It was the barbarous custom of the conquerors of those times to strip their captives naked, and to make them travel in that condition, exposed to the inclemency of the weather; and the worst of all, to the intolerable…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab - There is some diversity of rendering to this expression. The Septuagint reads it: The Lord will humble the principal daughters of Zion‘ - those who belong to the court, or to the families of the princes. The Chaldee, The Lord will prostrate the glory of the daughters of Zion.‘ The Syriac is the same. The Hebrew word שׂפח s'ı̂phach translated will smite with a scab,‘ means to “make bald,” particularly to make the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-26Verses 16-26 The prophet reproves and warns the daughters of Zion of the sufferings coming upon them. Let them know that God notices the folly and vanity of proud women, even of their dress. The punishments threatened answered the sin. Loathsome diseases often are the just punishment of pride. It is not material to ask what sort of ornaments they wore; many of these things, if they had not been in fashion, would have been ridiculed then as now. Their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-25take away their finery: In a reversal of fortune, the affluent (wealthy) and proud people of Jerusalem would suffer disgrace (public shame). Wealthy women often wore expensive and beautiful clothing or jewelry (Isaiah 3:18). This finery probably included amulets (small objects people believed could protect them from evil). The people wore these items to keep harm away. But these objects could not prevent the disaster of judgment. These beautiful items…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. smite with a scab--literally, "make bald," namely, by disease. discover--cause them to suffer the greatest indignity that can befall female captives, namely to be stripped naked, and have their persons exposed (Is 47:3; compare with Is 20:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 3:17

• Disease
• Head
• Pride
• Scab
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Ancient
• Base
• Bravery
• Cunning
• Fruit
• Girding
• Grind
• Hair
• Ornament
• Stay

Commentaries on Isaiah 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings